Bitcoin gains over 5% to $31,441.76

– Bitcoin rose 5.2% to $31,441.76 at 2000 GMT on Monday, including $1,552.78 to its earlier shut.

The world’s largest and best-known cryptocurrency is down 34.8% from the yr’s excessive of $48,234 on March 28.

Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain community, rose 3.17% to $1,862.14 on Monday, including $57.16 to its earlier shut.